Customer Reviews

Pyle PP999 Phono Turntable Pre-Amp

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When I first hooked up the preamp I experienced an electronic hum. Annoying at low volume. The it dawned on me my old turntable had a ground wire. Loosened a screw on my receiver case and attached. Hum gone! Sounds good to my ears.

I've been attempting to move my LP collection to my computer for some time now. I've tried numerious pieces of hardware and software but never got the results I was looking for. I finally decided to scrap everything and go with an inexpensive preamp. I was totally unprepared for the I got. My very first recording was better than anything I had previously recorded. I was so happy after my third attempt that I spent the next several hours recording LP's I hadn't heard in years. Forget the fancy amps, heads, and mixers. This unit will you allow to enjoy the music once again.

I got this a couple months ago when I got a new home theater without a Phono input. This thing works fine. I considered higher priced pre-amps, but am glad I just picked this one up on the cheap. No hum, no worries, no complaints.

For the price (note: the shipping price was very high), this pre-amp is quite good. It did what it was designed to do and allowed me to plug my turntable into my PC. However, it didn't provide the same boost quality as I've experienced with higher quality amps. (To be fair, I should note that my cables between the turntable and PC aren't the highest quality, which diminishes the results to some degree.) If you're looking for basic, this is a good deal, but if you want control, get better pre-amp hardware (perhaps XPSound XP201, ART DeeJayPre, or TCC TC-400G/L) which should provide better quality input than allowing it to be software adjusted as required by this unit.

I bought the preamp to connect my phono turntable to the line in jack on my computer. By adding an RCA to Mini adapter and cable the preamp allowed me to transfer my records to .wav files on my computer. The signal directly from the turntable was to low but adding the preamp gave me plenty of amplitude.

I just picked up much of the original Beatles collection on vinyl at an estate sale and dug out my turntable, with Audio Technica AT91E cartridge. My Sony integrated amp/receiver did not have a phono input. Reading the reviews here on Amazon, I decided to order this preamp. The first listen to Sgt. Pepper was glorious! I have fallen in love with music again. Records have dynamics. CDs are highly compressed. This preamp sounds awesome.

I also tested a 1980's Kenwood receiver that had a phono input. I connected the Pyle phono preamp to the line input and did an A/B test between the Kenwood's phono section and the Pyle. The Pyle won. It had better frequency response, wider image and was more organic sounding. The output of the Pyle matched the line level input of the Kenwood but sounded a little low on my nicer Sony amp. So, the complaints below of low output level may be dependent on the amp used. There was no noticeable hum or noise. The included "wall wart" 12VDC supply is not regulated. Unloaded, in measures over 15 volts. I may build a nicer supply for it but, I digress...

The only negative I can give it is that the RCA jacks were slightly tarnished. The unit I received may have sat on a shelf for a long time. Still, it worked flawlessly. A ground wire attachment point would have been nice but I easily connected the turntable ground wire to the ground on my receiver.

If you want to rediscover the great sound of records, the Pyle Phono Preamp will get you there. I recommend it.

This works great for ripping vinyl to mp3 (with the addition of a cheap "Y" plug cable). Just make sure you connect the ground cable from the turntable to the metal back on your computer. That will the eliminate humming problem.

I was looking for a small pre-amp to rip my LPs into iTunes. I didn't want to haul my amplifier into the office, so hoped this would work fine. It does. Sufficient amplification and the music sounds fine (imported via Griffin iMic using Toast and CD Spin Doctor 2). Now, CD Spin Doctor crashes a lot when editing the tracks, but that's a different story...

This works nicely for ripping vinyl to mp3. My only real gripe is that there is no grounding point so I made one and grounded it to the metal back on my computer. That eliminated the humming problem.
While this is not an audiophile grade component it is fantastic for the price and works well for what I bought it for.

My turntable had a magnetic needle cartridge and I couldn't get any volume for recordings out of it when hooked to my PC. So I bought this Pyle pre-amp. Hooking it up is a breeze and it amplifies the signal perfectly so I now get excellent recordings. I've already copied over 60 of my LP's with this super device. I highly recommend this Pyle pre-amp. Good price, strong, well designed metal case, made to last.